DIR - RISK MANAGEMENT

Location

Newport News, VA | United States

Job description

Responsibilities

Newport News Behavioral Health Center

Director of Risk Management

Newport News Behavioral Health Center is a 108 bed intensive and highly structured residential treatment for psychiatric and behavioral health needs of adolescent males and females ages 11-18yrs.  Newport News has an on-site certified school, art and music therapists, and vocational programming.  Newport News, VA is a beautiful seaside city, rich in maritime history and conveniently located to DC and other major North Eastern cities.

Newport News Behavioral Health Center offers comprehensive benefits, such as:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries

POSITION SUMMARY :

The Quality Improvement Director has broad responsibility to protect the facility’s assets from loss. The Quality Improvement Director is responsible for coordinating the loss control efforts and advising management and administration on all potential sources of loss and for making recommendations to minimize or eliminate exposure. The structure and functions of the Quality Improvement Program are designed so as to comply with guidelines and standards of JCAHO, other regulatory agencies, and the UHS T.E.R.M. © Program.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates with matching skillset and experience with the best possible career at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail etc. If you feel suspicious of a job posting or job-related email, let us know by contacting us at: or 1-800-852-3449

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduate of an accredited school with a bachelor’s degree or higher. Three years clinical experience in a psychiatric in‑patient facility with knowledge of high- risk areas. Three years management experience. Knowledge of hospital operations, risk identification, assessment and reduction and claims management; excellent communication skills, both written and oral.  Preferred 1 year experience working and/or treating adolescents.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Ensures appropriate and timely reporting of occurrences by maintaining a Healthcare Peer Review (HPR) Reporting system (occurrence notification system); enters incidents into the Midas Database.
• Collects and screens all reports.
• Analyzes and trends data.
• Identifies actual and potential risk situations and facilitates the determination of causative factors.
• Refers occurrences for follow‑up to appropriate department or medical committee; ensures that all Level III/IV are referred to the Peer Review Committee.
• Receives immediate and concurrent reporting of adverse resident outcomes identified by the PI process.

• Provides Risk Management information to all employees annually.
• Plans, presents, facilitates, and/or recommends in-services to all departments as necessary to address Risk Management problems.
• Plans, facilitates, presents information and suggests topics on Risk Management to Committees or facility departments as necessary and based upon occurrences or claim patterns.
• Operates to maintain and facilitate system securing facility, employee, and patient property.
• Oversees and reports required incidents to the Office of Human Rights and DBHDS.
• Committee Participation:
  • Performance Improvement
  • Patient Safety Council
  • Peer Review
  • Environment of Care/Safety
  • Pharmacy & Therapeutics
  • Infection Control
  • Other Committees/Meetings as necessary
• Provides aggregate analysis of risk data and trend analysis of incidents to:
  • Administration
  • Corporate Risk Management
  • Patient Safety Council
  • MEC
  • Performance Improvement
  • Environment of Care/Safety Committee (safety related only)
  • Governing Board
  • Medical Staff Committees/Department as necessary and related to the department
• Incidents with Claims Potential:
  • Directly reports to Administration those incidents with claims potential.
  • Reports to Corporate Risk Management any serious risk event involving actual or potential injury to residents and visitors; enters PCR’s (Level III/IV incidents) into the STARS Database within 10 business days of the incident.
• Coordinates data from physician peer review and risk management activities which may be utilized in the decision making process of granting privileges to and reappointment of medical and allied health staff.
• Develops, coordinates, presents/facilitates educational programs specific to medical staff concerns.

At UHS and all its subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email.  Additionally, recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.  If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting our Compliance Hotline at: or 1-800-852- 3449.

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